A long-standing pile of roadside rubbish has grown since an official complaint was made against Bradford Council about it.

A 15-metre long heap of wooden pallets, old wheels and trailers now lies alongside and spills into Black Dyke Lane near Cullingworth.

Retired educational officer and teacher Robert Hughes, who uses the road twice a day, first raised his safety concerns about the pile with the Council 14 months ago.

Earlier this year, with the rubbish still in place, he lodged an official complaint with the local government ombudsman about the Council's "persistent failure to prevent a man from using a roadside verge as a junk yard."

Now awaiting a final decision by the ombudsman, he said he was amazed the situation had actually got worse.

"The Council says it has taken action - well, the trailers may have been moved twice but within a day or two the situation was back to what it was.

"Now, as it's being investigated, a whole lot of new pallets have arrived and it's as bad as it's ever been.

"I think the Council is waiting for me to get fed up complaining and give up, rather than trying to solve the problem."

Council officers have tried to get Jim Greenwood, the owner of the material which stretches from his door to land owned by a neighbouring farm, to shift it since last summer.

But the teetering mass continued to stand by the road until June this year, after Mr Hughes had lodged his complaint with the ombudsman.

The authority cleared away some of the material and, after it had reappeared, tried again in July, only for it to be replaced.

A Bradford Council legal spokesman said: "We can confirm that a complaint has been made to the ombudsman; we are awaiting a decision and cannot comment further on this case at this stage."

Mr Hughes, of Cullingworth, said he could not understand why a permanent solution had not been found.

"I want them, within legal limits, to make that road junk-free," he said. "This is a danger to road users and it has been going on for years."

Mr Greenwood was unavailable for comment when contacted by the T&A.